An old man wearing a torn shirt and a wide brimmed hat and holding a pickaxe stands with a boy, in suspenders or overalls and also in a hat, in front of a coal opening on Lum Drake farm. They are covered in dust. The coal opening is a stout...

Opening session of the state Senate chamber, Frankfort, Kentucky in 1934. A section of the room is shown with occupied desks and more men against the wall. On back of image: Senate chamber opening session Jan 1934 Frankfort"

Eclipse Park on the day of the opening game at the new location, the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Kentucky Street, 1913. Handwritten on back of print: "Eclipse Park. N.W. corner 7th & Ky. - right field bleachers at extreme left....

Address: 328 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A series of pendant lights hang above a u-shaped glass counter full of jewelry. The counter has numerous bouquets of flowers on it. Around the edges of the room are dark wood shelves filled with...

Two men in suits and hats shake hands as a crowd watches. Between the two men is a ribbon. This is the opening ceremony for the Municipal Bridge in October 1929. The bridge was renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in 1949. The bridge...

A crowd of people fill the Municipal Bridge during its opening in October 1929. The bridge was later renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Ohio River from Second and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, to Illinois...

A small podium has been erected on the Municipal Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. One man stands at a microphone with other men on the podium and people are seated and standing around the stage to watch. This is the opening ceremony of the Municipal...

A crowd of people lines the sidewalk in Jeffersonville, Indiana during the opening of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. A police officer stands in the middle of the street at the beginning of the bridge....

Address: 217 W. Chestnut. An interior view of the Ritz restaurant on the opening day. An inscription on the photograph indicates the image was taken on Easter Sunday. White men and women sit at tables and African American men dressed in white...

Six men in military uniforms with white gloves and swords stand before a crowd of women (some holding parasols) and a few men at a ceremony opening the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The man in the center, with the plumed hat and epaulets, is...

The opening ceremonies of the 1904 World's Fair at the Plaza of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd, seated on wide benches, faces two men at a podium at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Monument. The monument bears the words of...

The opening ceremonies of the 1904 World's Fair at the Plaza of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd stands at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Monument, alongside one of the palaces . Stamped on lower left corner: 4453. Stamped...

Crowds gather at Bowman Field's First Administration Building on Opening Day, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took...

Portrait of hotelier Louis Seelbach seated in a wooden chair, wearing a jacket, white vest with pocket watch fob, tie with stickpin, and mustache. Born in Rhenish, Bavaria, Germany on April 12, 1852, Louis emigrated to the United States in 1869,...

Poster for opening night at Macauley's Theatre, on October 13, 1873. In the form of a playbill, it lists the artists and artisans who contributed to the construction of the theatre, as well as the dramatic company and orchestra. There are two...

Invitation, with Chicago White Sox logo at top and image of ballpark at bottom and text at center reading: "The American League Base Ball Club of Chicago requests the honor of your presence at the Opening of White Sox Park. Friday afternoon, July...